Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring’s offspring.” (‘Umdat al-SalikÂ o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law. Â (‘There are more honour killings than we know,’” from theÂ Express Tribune,)

I thought Jonathan Mann did a pretty good job of acting like a dumb Yank to get his questions across. Putting the quote from the hadith about leaving Islam on the top of the screen as Rauf lied was a clever touch.

Not good enough. Whenever Pamela Geller or Spencer or anyone anyone from the counterjihad get a chance to appear on TV (hardly ever happens) they are either shouted down by the moron who interviews them, or, if that’s not the case, there is a Mohammedan dissembler in the studio to deny it all. This would have been a golden opportunity for CNN to let Spencer take him on. But I won’t hold my breath.